| Show II lY There III i tome some probability t t at t tb the coming encampment of U the Arm Army or of the Republic a proposition wilt will willbe be made to change the date of Mem minI ortal day from tb the of Ma May to tb the thelast last latt Sunday la In that tbt month Th The reason given I that the survivors of the war are commencing to 10 feel that the lbs generation no longer take much Interest I II that dew day TheY obJect 10 having It m observed Is C a da day of 01 sport aport and pia play and nd hope bY br Identifying It with th the lab bath to restore to it the t solemnity which It h hu lost The objection I ii that MemorIal day on oa ona a lund Sunday would be a as much of a depart u from the orIgInal Idea Ide u th the oh ob that tbt now prevail but probe probably abl ably there theN I no ao help for tor that The da day 11 we originally consecrated to the themo mo memory of the dead In the Civil War and nd It as 10 long a as veterans still tHI I are living th the day will be observed b by t them but It must not be expected that u the chil children dren who know or of that war OD only b by hearsay bay shall hn enter ater Into the spirit of Memorial da day with the urn um for fervor as lb old addicts to ma many ot of whom the years 1 from th the war r are Rear near nearly ly Iy all an It be the them same m to the children u It is to those who only 1 lIve In the put pul think or of the pat past and nd talk ot of It glory 10 It Memorial da day I ii to Sun lun lunday Sunday day It will be I lees observed than It II i now Many 1 people do 40 not be belong long to any church and aad they would not be attracted to 10 tilt the services b by u uday 1111 d day lecture on th the cau Wr ti It I Is Ibe they will 01 devote lIot a low ur Ill to lb memory ot of th the dead dd and ad enjoy tilt the reO maln er of 01 tb the d day la in recreation Still Memorial day I is an n American Amerlean institution adopted at the suggestion UC of the Grand Mm Army It tile the veterans t now are desirous of it change Ibe they will ua ian obtain It even eva If thereby the da day hi III it peculiar The Th chanted If this Idea ide I II to prevail and 12 changed It If tb this Idea Idel I Ii to prevail and 4 we are r doubtful U to the outcome of I the movement apart C trim the Uta question I or of his wIsdom |
